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Languages : en
Pages : 60
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United States of America V. Sullivan
Author: United States of America V. Sullivan
Author: Make No Law
Author: Anthony LewisPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679739394
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
A crucial and compelling account of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, the landmark Supreme Court case that redefined libel, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning legal journalist Anthony Lewis. The First Amendment puts it this way: "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." Yet, in 1960, a city official in Montgomery, Alabama, sued The New York Times for libel—and was awarded $500,000 by a local jury—because the paper had published an ad critical of Montgomery's brutal response to civil rights protests. The centuries of legal precedent behind the Sullivan case and the U.S. Supreme Court's historic reversal of the original verdict are expertly chronicled in this gripping and wonderfully readable book by the Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prize–winning legal journalist Anthony Lewis. It is our best account yet of a case that redefined what newspapers—and ordinary citizens—can print or say.
New York Times V. Sullivan and the Freedom of the Press Debate
Author: Catherine McGlonePublisher: Enslow Publishing
ISBN: 9780766023574
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Follows the progress of a famous U.S. Supreme Court case involving freedome of the press.
Sullivan V. United States of America
Author: Make No Law
Author: Anthony LewisPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307787826
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A crucial and compelling account of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, the landmark Supreme Court case that redefined libel, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning legal journalist Anthony Lewis. The First Amendment puts it this way: "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." Yet, in 1960, a city official in Montgomery, Alabama, sued The New York Times for libel—and was awarded $500,000 by a local jury—because the paper had published an ad critical of Montgomery's brutal response to civil rights protests. The centuries of legal precedent behind the Sullivan case and the U.S. Supreme Court's historic reversal of the original verdict are expertly chronicled in this gripping and wonderfully readable book by the Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prize–winning legal journalist Anthony Lewis. It is our best account yet of a case that redefined what newspapers—and ordinary citizens—can print or say.
Prince V. Sullivan
Author: Kelley V. Sullivan
Author: Davel V. Sullivan
Author: New York Times V. Sullivan
Author: Harvey FiresidePublisher:
ISBN: 9780766010857
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
This landmark Supreme Court Case reinforced the freedom of the press guaranteed by the First Amendment. Mr. L.B. Sullivan was a public official in Montgomery, Alabama, who claimed he had been libeled by an advertisement in the New York Times. The ad questioned police handling of civil rights issues, and as the man in charge of the police force, Sullivan claimed the ad hurt his reputation. The Court affirmed the newspaper's right to print material that it believed to be true, regardless of whether or not it was hurtful to a public official.